I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, if it isn't, please move it or if you can point me to another thread where this was already asked, that works as well.

But how many pinball machines have been made with prize ticket givers built-in? Or is this some sort of standard add-on feature you could get for any machine/specific machines/etc. Or is it something compelety custom built?

I've only ever seen one, but it seems like with many arcades having video games that give out tickets based on score and such that having them on pinball machines would provide owners with more people playing them.

Oddly, the only one I ever saw was at the Johnstown, PA Chuck E. Cheese. I forget what you had to do to get a ticket, top score or something I believe. It was a Simpsons table. I highly doubt it was something custom for that one specific table. I know the other local CEC that had a Star Wars pinball machine didn't have a ticket giver.

On a neat side note, the tickets it gave weren't your standard ticket size, was closer to the size of a dollar bill and was worth 250 tickets. I never cashed mine in and still have it. Kept it in my wallet for the longest time, but took it out and laminated it a couple months ago as it was starting to wear.

I had a feeling it was an add-on. Assuming factory add-on when ordered? Is it common to find ones with tickets or somewhat rare? I'm guessing rare since I've only ever seen one, but we don't have big arcades around here. Don't even know of one around here anymore that has pinball. (I was told about one in Bedford, around an hour and a half away, but I haven't had a chance to check it out.)

Is it possible to get these somewhere to put on a pin? I have no intention of doing it right now, but just curious.

Thank you both for your answers. I had a feeling it was rare to come across them, but thought maybe because I live in the middle of nowhere, that was why I hadn't seen more of them. Just gives me another reason to treasure that ticket I got from that Simpsons machine at Chuck E. Cheese.

While I don't have any intention of ever putting these in a pin, it's still rather neat and fun learning about them. (And I wonder why my wife says I'm a geek... lol) Please let me know if you're able to find out any more. Might be fun to one day put one in a pin just for S&Gs. But all depends on the table.